Essay on Videogames Don?t Kill People, People Kill People

Essay on Videogames Don?t Kill People, People Kill People

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Videogames Don’t Kill People, People Kill People
Every generation has pointed a finger at the recreational pastimes of young persons, accusing that these activities lead our nations youth astray and induce violent or antisocial behavior. Novels, music, TV, movies, and now the finger is pointing straight at one of the newest and quickest growing youth pastimes; videogames. This particular pastime differs from others in their reality and scope for direct participation, therefore allowing the crusty old curmudgeons to conclude that playing them leads all young people to commit acts of violence.
Numerous studies have been conducted to determine whether or not there is a direct link between violent tendencies and…show more content…

According to an article from Current Events, Harris had a self-modified version of Doom, a “Mature” rated game. However, it has since been proven that Harris had a very traumatic home life and a not-so-nice social life (“The Games Kids Play”, 2). Such factors, Walling states, “... are more predictive of youth violence and delinquency”(1). According to Gamespot’s Shahed Ahmed, research conducted by several psychologists on the short-term effects of violent videogames on kids, recently told the “... American Psychological Association that inborn traits are more likely to induce aggressive behavior in children than the direct affect of violent games”(1).
Ahmed goes on to explain the experiment in detail. Twenty-five boys and ten girls were given questionnaires, so as to determine their gaming habits. The children were then allowed to play both violent and relatively non-violent games for a period of fifteen minutes. Afterwards, they were presented with hypothetical situations and were judged on their responses to said scenarios. The researchers were able to conclude that playing violent games does not induce aggressive behavior in the short term. However, they did note that children who were inherently aggressive chose to play the more violent games (1).
Many parents and teens argue that no normal kid would be transformed by a videogame’s violence. Teens are smart

Guns Don’t Kill People, People Kill People
And Other Nonsensical Rhetoric
The intent and historical relevance of the Second Amendment should be carefully considered against modern day situations and circumstances surrounding gun violence. Whether you believe the Second Amendment gives unequivocal rights to individuals to bear arms or that it only pertains to states militia and firearms should be tightly regulated by the government, reasonable measures should be taken to minimize the harm caused…

It may be quite defensibly argued that guns do not kill people, and that people are the actual cause responsible for the violence that results in death and injury from firearms. What such a statement actually means, of course, is that people with the wrong intentions, or those who happen to be swept up in the moment of a heated situation and overreact without thinking, are the ones who are responsible for the myriad deaths and injuries that occur by guns each and every year, particularly in the United…

It’s always been brought up “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” (Mantel) while others don’t believe in it. This quote well explains that guns are not the ones to blame for the killing of a person. Instead, blame the person who pulled the trigger. Guns should not be banned from the United States’ people, instead they should be more regulated on who allowed to own a fire arm. Guns are a mean of survival and protection and always will be. They should run background checks on everyone who…

lives. In extreme cases, guns are used illegally by large numbers of gangs, drug dealers, juvenile offenders, or other forms of criminals. These people do not obtain guns with the greater good of others in mind, they do so to benefit themselves. They are not properly trained in how to use guns and often times, make decisions that injure or kill the people around them. For these reasons, there are many mixed feelings about guns. Some groups, such as the National Rifle Association, believe everyone…

life does not intentionally kill people. Capital punishment is a disturbing case of homicide that has been approved by our government. Practically supporting murder in order to enforce a solution to the problems being faced by society. Governments round the world constantly try to validate capital punishment by stating the so called advantages of capital punishment provides to the people. What they think are the advantages of death penalty would provide to the people. Capital punishment is an inadequate…

Tyler Clark
Mrs. Miller
6th period
13 November 2015
Do guns kill people? Of course not, it isn’t logical and it’s ridiculous to blame the action of a person on an inanimate object. When someone makes a bomb the bomber is blamed, not the bomb. No one is blaming Toyota for ISIS using their trucks. Guns just aren’t as evil as media portrays them to be. Media is a large problem in the gun community. Taking guns away doesn’t do anything but hurt everyday americans.
Guns aren’t evil. They are inanimate…

and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and the Gun Control Act of 1968. These acts “prohibited all convicted felons, drug users, and the mentally ill from buying guns” (“History of gun-control”). Twenty-five years later, background checks were required for people that were prohibited to purchase guns under the acts that were passed in 1968. Most recently, in 2008, the Supreme Court ruled that Americans have the individual right to possess a gun in situations such as
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self-defense. As you can see,…

it hilarious that people think guns are the problem because guns don’t kill people, strict gun laws aren’t the problem and more people die from car crashes than guns. Supposedly California has the strictest gun laws in the country. In 2015, we have lost 8,500 people due to gun related incidents. However, we have lost 37,000 people due to car accidents. People want to ban guns because they are “dangerous” but after some research, cars seems to be the most “dangerous”.
When people sit there and say…

Gun control is a leading concern in America today. Recent shootings and murders today have people scared and pushing forward for gun control acts. In my opinion there should not be gun control acts on any guns besides automatic guns because, automatic guns should strictly be for military use only. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Many people push for gun control, but the effects of gun control are too severe. In this paper I claim to tell about the reasons why someone…

Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. The Columbine and Virginia Tech Massacres were horrible, senseless tragedies that killed more than 40 people and wounding 50. Incidents like these demand attention, but the focus has been on the wrong problem. Gun control is an important issue, one that has caused much controversy over the decades. America’s first impulse in any crisis is inevitably to call for immediate, remedial legislation. School shootings and media emphasis have people demanding the…